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6: THE SECRET HIDEOUT

Katlyn left later in the night after the movie.
Well she did most of the watching.
I just complained a lot about how I didn't want to watch it cause the really cute guy ‘Khalil’ had died.
It annoyed me so much anytime I thought about it.
Plus I did most of the popcorn eating as well.
Once Katlyn tried to stop me from eating anymore popcorn by taking it to the other side of the bed.
But of course I didn't let her enjoy her movie so she just gave it back and let me eat everything.
It's Saturday and I really couldn't think of anything else to do.
Well I gave myself a mental note to slap Zoey on the head if she comes later on today.
She had promised to tell me everything about her date with Brian but she probably forgot.
Stupid girl.
I start to eat the cereal I made for myself after having my bath and clearing my room.
It was such a mess due to movie night.
I'd begged Katlyn to help me clean it up but she pinched my cheek and said
‘You aren't paralyzed sweetheart’ and walked out humming a song which I'm pretty sure was the one that played at the end of the movie
As if.
I obviously wasn't paralyzed....yet.
It just seemed to anytime.
Once I tried to get up from bed to go pee but I couldn't.
I was so happy that Mrs Anderson miraculously walked into my room that same minute.
Hallelujah.
I opened my phone and scrolled through text messages.
No new ones. Not even from Charlee.
It kinda hurt me but then I realized that she was probably really busy with school.
Sometimes I would even check for text messages from mom or dad. Maybe everything that happened was just a bad dream and when I wake up, I'd see a text from them. They'd apologize saying they had to leave for work early and I should have a great day at school.
I'd laugh cause I definitely wouldn't have a great day at school.
School sucked.
Everyone in school sucked.
My maths teacher sucked even more.
I hated calculus and going to the same school with Audrey just made everything a living nightmare.
Zoey would always tell me I was just being stuck up about everything and I'd roll my eyes at her.
But right now sitting on this hospital bed, I'd prefer going to school and taking every stupid maths test there is.
Watching Audrey swoon over Travis seemed better than staring at these walls all day.
I log into my Twitter account.
There's a recent tweet from Zoey.

I think I'm in love

I roll my eyes and reply to her tweet.

Yeah, for a week

I lock my phone and place it under my pillow and stand up to go wash my bowl.
After washing it I dry my hands and walk back to my bed.
I check the time. It's just 10:30am
The time is so slow today.
I should probably just go stay with Raine in her room. I pick up my phone and walk out.
When I get there, I see two adults sitting beside her bed.
A man and a woman.
I noticed that the woman looked a lot like Raine.
These were probably her parents.
I could hear her crying while her dad tried his best to comfort her.
Mrs Anderson walks to the door and stands beside me.
“She's a strong girl” she says with a small on her face.
What's going on?
She places her hand on my shoulder and sighs.
Her parents want to divorce Hayley. They've been holding it up for a long time to make her happy but it looks like they can't keep up the act any longer.
The mom spoke to me and said she's not even sure her daughter's going to last for long.
I feel so bad for them.
I turn to look at Raine. She looks to heart broken.
I'll get Katlyn to attend to you later. She walks into the room and shuts the door so I could no longer see or her Raine.
It wasn't fair. Her parents were being really selfish, she needed them now more than ever.
Tears gather my eyes as u walk away from the door.
If my parents were still alive, they'd never do this to me.
That's what I felt at least. I never knew if they secretly weren't getting along and we're pretending to be happy together in front of Charlee and I.
If only they were here so they could be me tight and tell me everything was going to be okay.
I decide to go to the one place where no one could find me. The one place where it felt like I could breathe and think.
My secret hideout.
I take the elevator to get to the very top floor of the building.
When I step out and walk to the edge, I see another figure standing at the far corner.
He turns and I almost fall to the ground.
Those eyes. I'd seen there somewhere before.
They wouldn't stop haunting me.

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